Left Behind Before Katrina and Left Behind After

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There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina, edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires, answers the question of why those left behind after Hurricane Katrina were overwhelmingly poor people of color. According to There Is No Such Thing, Katrina should be used as an opportunity to create a more just community.

By William P. Quigley From May-June 2007 Clearinghouse Review